McDermott named Wooden finalist

Sophomore forward Doug McDermott was named one of the 25 midseason finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, which recognizes the best player in the country.

The list was released on Jan. 17 and was accompanied on ESPN.com with its initial Player of the Year straw poll. The poll had McDermott ranked third behind University of Kansas forward Thomas Robinson and Ohio State University forward Jared Sullinger.

McDermott is currently third in the nation in scoring with 23.2 points per game. He also leads the Missouri Valley Conference in rebounding with 8.5

per game.

The poll has correctly predicted the last three Wooden Award winners. The last two winners, Ohio State guard Evan Turner and Brigham Young University guard Jimmer Fredette, each placed third in the initial straw poll of their respective winning years.

Historic member joins CU fraternity

Creighton University will go down in Greek history on Friday.

The fraternity of Sigma Alpha Epsilon has reached the milestone of 300,000 members nationally. Creighton has the honor of having the 300,000th initiated member.

Business sophomore Chris Collins will be the member who sets this historic marker.

SAE is the second-largest fraternity in the nation by numbers and has 247 chapters in 49 states. It was founded on March 9, 1856 at the University of Alabama.

Look for the full story of this historic event at creightonian.com.